Service difficulty report · Apu · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 26, 2011
Submitted
March 3, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N563AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35180
Aircraft time
16,517 hours, 5,166 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38007021
Part serial
P7287
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Tail
Part time
7,430 hours, 7,996 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

STRONG UNPLEASANT ODOR FROM AIR CONDITIONING SOON AS PACKS TURNED ON. USING BLEED AIR FROM APU A/C AIR HAS LIGHT ODOR. FOUND OIL ODOR IN APU BLEED AIR DUCT DOWNSTREAM OF BLEED AIR VALVE. REPLACED APU REF 49 11 00 400 803 STEP L PG 10. COMPLETED INSTALL OF APU IAW 49 0 400 803. OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD IAW 49 11 0 400 803.